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Michelangelo may suffered from osteoarthritis in his left hand. Or, maybe, holding his chisel in his left hand he hit it too many times with a hammer causing severe nerve damage.
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Leonardo da Vinci also had a claw right hand.
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In his final years it is said Leonardo stopped painting because of it This could be due to nerve damage. They used alot of toxic paints back then. White was made from lead. Leonardo, liked working in the paints with his fingers. His fingerprints have been found on his paintings. Leonardo was anmbidexterious. He could use either hand. for drawwing and painting he used his left hand. He used his left hand to draw. Look at the direction of the shadding lines in his sketches. Leonardo was also was said to have a photographic memory. And is suspected of having a "fast eye" that is he could slow down high speed motion. |
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Interesting, both my hands look the same as M and LDV. Its, not the same view, but there many folds between my thumb and the next finger. I have muscle wasting in both my handa due to derious nerve damage. I also have arthritis. Too me Michelangelo's left hand damage is more likely to be nerve damage than arthritis.
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3-29-19 Drawn while I was waiting for cataract surgery on my Left eye I was curious as to how well I could draw with only my right eye. At the time I could only see the big E with the Left eye on the eye chart.
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